Don’t Bother Using the Hot Setting on Your Washer 00:38 Consumer Reports' experts have proven that using hot water to wash clothes is a money-waster, and cold water gets your clothes clean.

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...